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Child abuse at preschools blamed on poor management

The Hanoi Education and Training Department has announced that it will take unexpected inspection tours to privately run nursery schools in Hanoi amid complaints about the low quality of schools.

18 teachers sign letter criticizing headmaster for lying to the public

Eighteen teachers at Nam Trung Yen Primary School in Hanoi have criticized the school’s headmaster Ta Thi Bich Ngoc for providing false information to the public about a student whose leg was broken in a car accident in the school.

Student with broken leg from school accident receives no reply from Ministry

The father of the schoolboy whose was leg broken said that he asked for help from the Ministry of Education and Training and the Hanoi Education and Training, but there has been no reply.

84 percent of VN students say they feel unsafe at school

VietNamNet Bridge - Eighty percent of students say they have suffered from gender-based violence at least once, while 71 percent of students have been affected by school violence in the last six months. 

Problems in education sector mount

VietNamNet Bridge - The educational sector has been blamed for the unemployment of 200,000 university graduates, among other issues. 

2017 the year for enforcing discipline at schools

VietNamNet Bridge - School violence has caused problems in the Vietnamese educational sector in recent years. An eighth grader, for example, committed suicide after being beaten and humiliated in front of friends.

Busy Vietnamese students take their meals on motorbikes

VietNamNet Bridge - Local students are so busy they don’t have time to have meals at home, and instead sometimes eat while on motorbikes when they are taken to school or extra classes by their parents.

Education Ministry believes citizenship education will curb school violence

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Education and Training’s (MOET) initiative to include citizenship education as a high-school final exam subject would help ease school violence.

More counsellors needed to curb school violence: experts

VietNamNet Bridge - Strengthening psychological counseling and providing both teachers and students with necessary skills in the classroom are important measures to prevent school violence.

Teachers struggle with how to control unruly students

“If students are not punished for their bad behavior, everything will get out of control. But if you punish students, you will be criticized by parents,” a teacher complained.

Deviant student behavior at schools alarms educators

Educators and psychologists have urged the creation of a healthy schooling environment following a series of violent incidents involving students.

School violence symptom of a deeper malaise

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is tough to believe, and tougher to stomach, but school violence has become an everyday occurrence in our society.

Extreme violence in schools on the increase

VietNamNet Bridge – School violence has recently increased not only in quantity, but also in severity, said educational experts.

Police investigate video ridiculing national high-school finals

VietNamNet Bridge - The Thua Thien – Hue provincial Education and Training Department has asked the police to conduct an investigation into a video clip ridiculing the national high-school finals on the internet.

Parents are insecure about school environment

VietNamNet Bridge - Articles about school violence and student abuse appear in local newspapers, causing concern among parents.

Vietnamese students urged to report sexual assault to police

VietNamNet Bridge - Many sexual assault cases at school were only brought to light many years after they occurred. This is because the majority of the victims did not dare report the crime to the police.

Parents say one thing and do another, teachers afraid of students

VietNamNet Bridge - Teachers as well as the entire society should take responsibility to stop school violence, educators say.

Are students spending more time creating trouble, and not studying?

VietNamNet Bridge - Many teachers complain that the job is especially hard: they are criticized if they punish students when students go wrong.

Cameras in schools reflect loss of trust, privacy

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cameras installed in classes are said to help oversee the behavior of students and teachers better and reduce school violence, but the presence of such a "supervisor" is threatens the privacy of those who are supervised.

Parents expect too much from their children

VietNamNet Bridge - The high expectations of parents for their children is believed to be the major reason behind the high percentage of students who have considered suicide.